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traffic may have spelled the end to new jersey governor chris christie is accepting a credible republican presidential candidates in twenty sixteen. previously he won a reputation as a token republican able to win over democrats. the smell and touch those updates conducted as he takes on arrival that meant epic tales for an entire town if it's five thousand people. good morning i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of fort lee. and i apologize to the members of the state legislature. i love i am in paris. a humiliated by the conduct of some of the people. on my team school buses was stuck in jams thousand several six people got tossed to later than normal. the christie's agencies find three of the stuff that authority is one thing government was unable to stop it or even conducted but the damage limitation say his critics means he'd make a poll president. an indian diplomat his arrest and strip such calls the major rift between new delhi and washington is returning home to the yummy coconut that day was entitled to a stale to being accus
traffic may have spelled the end to new jersey governor chris christie is accepting a credible republican presidential candidates in twenty sixteen. previously he won a reputation as a token republican able to win over democrats. the smell and touch those updates conducted as he takes on arrival that meant epic tales for an entire town if it's five thousand people. good morning i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of fort lee. and i apologize...
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new jersey governor chris christie apologized thursday for a growing scandal that threatens to see his possible run for the presidency in two thousand sixteen. i am in paris and humiliated. by the conduct of some of the people. on my team. no doubt my mind the condo that they exhibit it. he's completely unacceptable. in short the lack of respect for the appropriate role of government. and for the people that were trusted to serve. the apology follows revelations out one of his top aides may have ordered the closure of traffic lanes on the george washington bridge in september in what appears to be an act of revenge. the bridge connects new jersey to new york city and is a major commuter rail this scandal broke minus eight with the revelation of text and e mails showing that project and kelly the governor's deputy chief of staff and david weinstein a top executive at the port authority of new york new jersey which manages the george washington bridge may have conspired to orchestrate the lane closure last fall. the lane closure appears to have been planned as political payback against t
new jersey governor chris christie apologized thursday for a growing scandal that threatens to see his possible run for the presidency in two thousand sixteen. i am in paris and humiliated. by the conduct of some of the people. on my team. no doubt my mind the condo that they exhibit it. he's completely unacceptable. in short the lack of respect for the appropriate role of government. and for the people that were trusted to serve. the apology follows revelations out one of his top aides may...
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chris christie is the governor of new jersey one of his aides is accused of orchestrating a traffic jam to pursue a political vendetta. us media are reporting that last september at christie's deputy chief of staff ton of traffic on the bridge making new juicy and new you like the allegedly ordered the enclosures because the mayor of the nearby community refuse to support christie's bid for reelection and i come out here today to apologize to people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of fort lee. and i apologize for the members of the state legislature christie said he had no knowledge or involvement in the issue he said the conduct was unacceptable and he has five teams. this is one of the most powerful figures in the republican party not clear but analysts are wondering if this scandal could tarnish his prospects for the white house. an asteroid and india's atmosphere of the essential brunch down last year. it exploded in an everest and damaging thousands of buildings and injuring hundreds of people how to defend the planet from potentially catastrophic allegiance with what's ca
chris christie is the governor of new jersey one of his aides is accused of orchestrating a traffic jam to pursue a political vendetta. us media are reporting that last september at christie's deputy chief of staff ton of traffic on the bridge making new juicy and new you like the allegedly ordered the enclosures because the mayor of the nearby community refuse to support christie's bid for reelection and i come out here today to apologize to people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of...
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governor chris christie is being accused of using hurricane sunday night before the hour or two which is funny appear. it's the second federal credit facing the republican within a week. all the credit it for his handling of the often most of the devastating storm christie's now being investigated after allegations that he chose a production company which paid over two million dollars moles and a rifle to make the ad that just because of his family's involvement the investigation has prompted an online petition calling on christie to quit the scandal could be like his prospects as an early contender for the republican nomination for the twenty sixteen presidential election i come out here today christie's already facing an investigation into claims that he's self it's close to tough it is costly because of political punishment to a local man who refused to back his re election is coming to the bench coach it caused a four day don't perfect gem one of the bases crossings in the us. us retail giant target has apologized to customers up to hackers still payment content comes to informati
governor chris christie is being accused of using hurricane sunday night before the hour or two which is funny appear. it's the second federal credit facing the republican within a week. all the credit it for his handling of the often most of the devastating storm christie's now being investigated after allegations that he chose a production company which paid over two million dollars moles and a rifle to make the ad that just because of his family's involvement the investigation has prompted...
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fourthly whose mayor made the mistake of endorsing chris christie's rival during his reelection campaign last fall the stories gone global because christie's widely been tapped as a possible nominee for president in two thousand and sixteen. my republican responded thursday by firing the eight by reporters counts apologize no fewer than twenty twenty times in every way shape or form during a nearly two hour press conference i am in paris. and humiliated. by the conduct of some of the people. on my team ultimately. all i am responsible. what happens under my watch the good in the bad. and when mistakes are made. then i have to pull off soon. take the auction that i believe is necessary in order to immediate tarrant spin doctors will long be studying this case will let contrition have sufficed. too early to tell the sun newspapers are not mine christie's line that said he didn't know about his staff's initiative. take for instance if you will. the new york post. ignorance is chris having a field day they're up of course news cycles are short these days. still the frontrunner for the republ
fourthly whose mayor made the mistake of endorsing chris christie's rival during his reelection campaign last fall the stories gone global because christie's widely been tapped as a possible nominee for president in two thousand and sixteen. my republican responded thursday by firing the eight by reporters counts apologize no fewer than twenty twenty times in every way shape or form during a nearly two hour press conference i am in paris. and humiliated. by the conduct of some of the people. on...
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christie is in damage control right now that after revelations that his staff helped orchestrate a massive traffic jam last year but e mails appeared to say that his office with his lane closures on a bridge connecting manhattan to new jersey and agencies to punish the local men who refuse to him towards christie's free election. in a press conference that christie apologized but said he still had lied to him on his top aides has been set. molly former nba basketball star dennis rodman is certainly no stranger to controversy but his latest trip to north korea is continuing to cause a breach of both men say they seized as to what he calls boss cable diplomacy but comments he made it to be imprisoned us it's in canada bay and raise hackles back teaching them and then if krugman calls his friends ally. the north korean leader kim jong un. state television broadcast these painters of the former nba star presenting came with the state gets. robinson against the basketball match with a team of four american players and the musical introduction the snow going viral on the internet the two the new
christie is in damage control right now that after revelations that his staff helped orchestrate a massive traffic jam last year but e mails appeared to say that his office with his lane closures on a bridge connecting manhattan to new jersey and agencies to punish the local men who refuse to him towards christie's free election. in a press conference that christie apologized but said he still had lied to him on his top aides has been set. molly former nba basketball star dennis rodman is...
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christie fired a top aide after leaked e mail suggested that staffers purposely the range traffic tends to settle political score with the local mayor christie denied any knowledge of the plot prosecutors say they're examining possible criminal liability. as i sit with iq the interim president of central african republic may show to be out resigned on friday following months of sectarian violence. joe took the ins prime minister nicholas sometimes also stepped down made the announcement of a crisis summit in neighboring chad the duty of muslims stood accused of not doing enough to stop fighting between christians and muslims. news of his resignation triggered celebrations back home in the capital bumpy. weeks of fighting in central african republic has claimed at least a thousand winds that trip with a million people from their homes. an indian diplomat at the center of a major rift between tv in the united states was flown home on friday. steve young the cobra god was passed to leave the country after being indicted on fraud charges related to the employment of her housekeeper new york
christie fired a top aide after leaked e mail suggested that staffers purposely the range traffic tends to settle political score with the local mayor christie denied any knowledge of the plot prosecutors say they're examining possible criminal liability. as i sit with iq the interim president of central african republic may show to be out resigned on friday following months of sectarian violence. joe took the ins prime minister nicholas sometimes also stepped down made the announcement of a...
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staff -- >> a top aide to christie. >> how will chris christie respond? >> i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. >> chris christie's response to allegations of political retribution vournding the closing of the nation's busiest bridge. >> i had no, ma'am knowledge or involvement. >> he's fired a top aide. >> i've terminated bridget's employment. >> he said she lied to me. there's no evidence that he ordered the lane closings in question. i was stunned. i was blind sided yesterday morning. >> a whole slew of things are suddenly in motion here. >> a port authority official has been testifying now. >> i respectfully assert my right to remain silent. >> commerce committee has already launched its own inquiry. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in its plan organize its execution. >> this story is going to continue for weeks and maybe months ahead. >>> chris christie talked and talked and talked some more today, but he did not talk himself out of trouble, except in the eyes of some easily fooled political pundits, and he most definit
staff -- >> a top aide to christie. >> how will chris christie respond? >> i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. >> chris christie's response to allegations of political retribution vournding the closing of the nation's busiest bridge. >> i had no, ma'am knowledge or involvement. >> he's fired a top aide. >> i've terminated bridget's employment. >> he said she lied to me. there's no evidence that he ordered the lane...
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. >>> tonight, chris christie's donors are worried, and the first national poll on chris christie since the bridge scandal broke turns out to be very, very good news for hillary clinton. >> 4 in 10 veoters say christie is a bully. >> we has a nation remain stuck in the news traffic jam. >> chris christie's jersey jam. >> come on! >> chris christie and the problems he's had. >> he's a good politician. he's great at defending himself. >> simultaneously, his political career could be finished. >> that's the problem with christie. it's out of his hands. >> in terms of vetting, in terms of the department of justice investigations. >> he has a long road ahead. >> i have had no contact with david wildstein in a long time. >> so we see that wall street journal picture. >> appearing to interact with wildstein on september 11, 2013, the third day of the lane closures themselves. >> decisions for key players come as early as tomorrow. >> when they testify, what's going to be his position then? >> if you want to talk about salt in the wound, there's this. ♪ i was with pissed off drivers ♪ ♪ w
. >>> tonight, chris christie's donors are worried, and the first national poll on chris christie since the bridge scandal broke turns out to be very, very good news for hillary clinton. >> 4 in 10 veoters say christie is a bully. >> we has a nation remain stuck in the news traffic jam. >> chris christie's jersey jam. >> come on! >> chris christie and the problems he's had. >> he's a good politician. he's great at defending himself. >>...
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he's still chris christie's press secretary. chris christie said in his news conference that he had no idea his gang uses private e-mail accounts for gang business when they want to say things they don't feel comfortable saying on their official government e nail accounts. the highest-ranking is port authority david sampson and no one talks like a gangster better than david sampson. he was one of the nine people who received patrick foye's outraged e-mail about what was happening at the george washington bridge that included foye's order to stop the lane closures immediately. sampson now claims that that e-mail was the very first time he learned at the george washington bridge. here is the chairman of the port authority saying that he had absolutely no idea there were lane closings at the most important bridge in the world until he read an e-mail at the end of the week about those lane closures, and objecting to what was happening and saying the lane closures violate federal laws and the laws of both states. now, what was david
he's still chris christie's press secretary. chris christie said in his news conference that he had no idea his gang uses private e-mail accounts for gang business when they want to say things they don't feel comfortable saying on their official government e nail accounts. the highest-ranking is port authority david sampson and no one talks like a gangster better than david sampson. he was one of the nine people who received patrick foye's outraged e-mail about what was happening at the george...
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of president would chris christie be? >> i delegate enormous authority to my staff and enormous authority to my cabinet. >> could we trust president christie's staff and cabinet? >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> chris christie embarrassed and humiliated new jersey. don't let chris christie embarrass and humiliate america. >> and christie's republican opponents for the presidential nomination will keep that kind of ad coming every day. they're very easy to write, because christie has written those ads for them. with that press conference. i mean, i wrote that ad in a few minutes. just sitting there listening to him, just grabbed those quotes and wrote it. you can do this at home. it's easy. just take lines from christie's press conference and wrap them in voiceovers about christie's inability to manage his staff and what that would mean if he was in the white house, if he was picking the attorney general, if he was picking the director of the irs. here are just some of
of president would chris christie be? >> i delegate enormous authority to my staff and enormous authority to my cabinet. >> could we trust president christie's staff and cabinet? >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> chris christie embarrassed and humiliated new jersey. don't let chris christie embarrass and humiliate america. >> and christie's republican opponents for the presidential nomination will keep that kind...
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chris christie is now in charge of that. do you think it is fair for him to stay in that role, that key role for your party while he is going through all of this and the best help he is getting is on "crossfire" and donald trump. >> i think just from the perspective of setting aside this as an issue in other races it makes since for him to step aside in that role. he does not serve the goals of that organization by staying as chairman. t that doesn't mean any of the charges political or otherwise are substantive or not but perception is reality. >> people have said it about chris christie this whole time it is all about chris christie, a party of one. why a chris christie who cares about >> well, frankly i think this is still relatively new. he may well step down. i have no idea what his thinking is on that. he may get counsel from other governors along those lines. >> but let me ask you something about this. gimp the imperial nomination of secretary senator, first lady clinton, this seems to be the offing. this is, after al
chris christie is now in charge of that. do you think it is fair for him to stay in that role, that key role for your party while he is going through all of this and the best help he is getting is on "crossfire" and donald trump. >> i think just from the perspective of setting aside this as an issue in other races it makes since for him to step aside in that role. he does not serve the goals of that organization by staying as chairman. t that doesn't mean any of the charges...
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and the debate with chris christie. we begin the program with former senate majority leader tom daschle. thank you for being here. obama with relatively low ratings. what does he have to do to turn things around? >> he has to show energy. he has to show passion or the things he wants to do in the second term. there is a feeling of lethargy. he has had some setbacks. he needs to reading gauge and re-energize. and i think he will do that. >> the focus, we are told, will be on income inequality, which is very real. the critics say that it is derisive and that obama offers no solutions. >> whether he offer solutions or not, you cannot ignore it. there are too many studies about it. there's been a lot of attention internationally. i think it would be bad to ignore it. we have to adjust that. we have got conservatives and liberals talking about it. they have different ways of addressing it. but clearly, there is a universal recognition. >> could there be a consensus? >> i think there is always a chance. that is always the que
and the debate with chris christie. we begin the program with former senate majority leader tom daschle. thank you for being here. obama with relatively low ratings. what does he have to do to turn things around? >> he has to show energy. he has to show passion or the things he wants to do in the second term. there is a feeling of lethargy. he has had some setbacks. he needs to reading gauge and re-energize. and i think he will do that. >> the focus, we are told, will be on income...
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i have the same question with chris christie. i, like the other two on this panel, don't think all the questions have been answered. i still think there's more to come out. but when i ask that same question, what did christie know, when did he know it, i don't see any of that criticism. and bridgegate, in comparison to the things that we've seen with benghazi and first scandal and fast and furious, there was a lot more at stake with those other scandals. >> i think there's like a verbal tick among conservatives, that whenever you mention anything with a republican, they have to say benghazi. >> a verbal tick. you call no you are defour dead verbal tick? >> no, no -- >> mark, let me say something. i think dana raises a perfectly relevant point. there is a hypocrisy there. having lived through these three other scandals that she cited, i do remember the way the democrats behaved over that. and now, suddenly, it looks like it's a different cite, even though you could argue that bridgegate is just as serious as the others. people's l
i have the same question with chris christie. i, like the other two on this panel, don't think all the questions have been answered. i still think there's more to come out. but when i ask that same question, what did christie know, when did he know it, i don't see any of that criticism. and bridgegate, in comparison to the things that we've seen with benghazi and first scandal and fast and furious, there was a lot more at stake with those other scandals. >> i think there's like a verbal...
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christie, to have a credible candidacy against chris christie. he's still outside -- you should like him more. he's outside of the mainstream. he's vetoed planned parenthood funding five times. >> now democrats are accusing christie of the far right extreme? >> my tax dollars need to go to planned parenthood. >> he's taxing the middle class. so democrats and independents have lots of reasons to be confident about chris christie. this is something he did to himself. >> those are fair policy debates to have. but i think it shows how scared democrats are. are we going to have an election where -- terrible? i don't know. >> i've got something to say. i'm not scared of these numbers. you want to talk about something that's scared of these numbers. look at these numbers. brand new poll from pew. in a year, this guy's unfavorables have gone to 17 to 34%. doubled his unfavorable. doubled his unfavorable numbers. >> this is also pathetic. you're in the middle of wall-to-wall coverage of cnn and everybody else on this ald scandal. bill clinton's numbers we
christie, to have a credible candidacy against chris christie. he's still outside -- you should like him more. he's outside of the mainstream. he's vetoed planned parenthood funding five times. >> now democrats are accusing christie of the far right extreme? >> my tax dollars need to go to planned parenthood. >> he's taxing the middle class. so democrats and independents have lots of reasons to be confident about chris christie. this is something he did to himself. >>...
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those are chris christie's words. we're not going to hear that kind of brand that we see as we wait for him to come out. frank, i want to pick up on two things, one i heard you say earlier, if i understood you right we don't know exactly why it happened. i'm pretty sure we know broadly why it happened at least according to the contemporaneous information that we have. there was a desire and even a glee at punishing democrats and people that they saw were their political enemies. that's in the e-mails. >> but which ones? >> but we know it was political retribution. >> right. the point i'm making it was designed to punish people. and what michael isikoff mentioned, as this turned into a series of investigations, the politics will proceed for some time, but the information can be extremely damaging. i want to be clear for viewers to try to understand where this goes. there are state and state legislature on one track. the federal investigation, the u.s. attorney's office is in inquiry right now. and it if proceeds to a f
those are chris christie's words. we're not going to hear that kind of brand that we see as we wait for him to come out. frank, i want to pick up on two things, one i heard you say earlier, if i understood you right we don't know exactly why it happened. i'm pretty sure we know broadly why it happened at least according to the contemporaneous information that we have. there was a desire and even a glee at punishing democrats and people that they saw were their political enemies. that's in the...
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governor chris christie leaving the town hall. joining us is molly from the atlantic and a former aide to barack obama, hillary clinton, and new york attorney general eric schneiderman. blake, your thoughts on what we've seen today and the governor leaving just now. >> you know, look, we spent a lot of time on politics of theater and reeyal ti. chris christie with all due respect to you, i don't care that he has a lot of intellectual stamina and stand for 09 minutes and make his local press corps if giggle at his jokes. what he didn't do is get to the bottom of what happened. he's a former u.s. attorney, did a lot of digging in his day. he couldn't answer questions about where else this extend to. he was asked about who else in his administration knew about this, what did he know and when, didn't really have answers for us today. this is not just one of those scandals, you know, a lot of political scandal, some we call nontroversies, things that are made up and aren't a pig deal. but this is his constituents potentially having the
governor chris christie leaving the town hall. joining us is molly from the atlantic and a former aide to barack obama, hillary clinton, and new york attorney general eric schneiderman. blake, your thoughts on what we've seen today and the governor leaving just now. >> you know, look, we spent a lot of time on politics of theater and reeyal ti. chris christie with all due respect to you, i don't care that he has a lot of intellectual stamina and stand for 09 minutes and make his local...
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chris christie? i think republicans would be smart to move to a center right candidate, but that's 23409 where the republican primary electorate is. and i don't think they were going to be there. so i don't think this has changed christie's odds of being the nominee that much. i don't think they were high to begin with. >> david corn, i completely agree with all of that. i've never seen a way for chris christie to get the republican nomination. but now, i'm starting to doubt whether he can even mount a campaign. >> well, you know, i think we all agree here. i mean, chris christie was the candidate for karl rove and the koch brothers and the funding community. the funding base of the republican party. the gravitational pull of the republican voting electoral has moved so far to the right that chris christie by talking about bipartisanship as we just saw him would almost disqualify himself in a lot of states. in iowa, in south carolina, throughout the south. and, you know, i think there was a way he mi
chris christie? i think republicans would be smart to move to a center right candidate, but that's 23409 where the republican primary electorate is. and i don't think they were going to be there. so i don't think this has changed christie's odds of being the nominee that much. i don't think they were high to begin with. >> david corn, i completely agree with all of that. i've never seen a way for chris christie to get the republican nomination. but now, i'm starting to doubt whether he...
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christie might look like using chris christie's own words. team christie didn't like what they saw and they cited that 30-second video as one of their grievances against this network in a press release on saturday in response to the brilliant reporting by steve on his program saturday morning including his interview with the mayor of hoboken in which the mayor said this. >> the fact is the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, pulled me aside in the parking lot and said i know this is not right and i know this shouldn't be connected but they are. and if you tell anyone, i'll deny it. so the bottom line is it's not fair for the governor to hold sandy funds host anl for the city of hoboken because he wants me to give back to one private developer. >> team christie's press release in response to steve kornacki's reporting could not have been longer and could not have been stranger. it essentially amounted to a complaint about this network's coverage of the affairs of state in new jersey and some quotes from positive things the mayor of hoboken ha
christie might look like using chris christie's own words. team christie didn't like what they saw and they cited that 30-second video as one of their grievances against this network in a press release on saturday in response to the brilliant reporting by steve on his program saturday morning including his interview with the mayor of hoboken in which the mayor said this. >> the fact is the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, pulled me aside in the parking lot and said i know this is not...
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>> chris christie made his entire career on. couldn't do enough of these. >> paul has handled his office in a much more low key way. not the kind of appetite that chris christie has. if you talk to democrats who are more cynical, they say, if this goes to the u.s. attorney, not sure how much is going to come out of it. you have people who predate the current u.s. attorney and were there when chris christie was there. >> so basically if the u.s. attorney is complicated or unlikely to get involved -- a lot of people say it would be easier to bring state charges, instead of federal. although federal seems to be the obvious choice here. if it's not the u.s. attorney, that makes the legislature and their investigation more important and if it has a structural weakness that could be exploited, that could -- >> they can exploit, if they can tie it up in court, maybe the u.s. attorney is forced to come in and take the case. if the u.s. attorney takes the case, it would shut down the legislative panels. >> the number of subpoenas, not th
>> chris christie made his entire career on. couldn't do enough of these. >> paul has handled his office in a much more low key way. not the kind of appetite that chris christie has. if you talk to democrats who are more cynical, they say, if this goes to the u.s. attorney, not sure how much is going to come out of it. you have people who predate the current u.s. attorney and were there when chris christie was there. >> so basically if the u.s. attorney is complicated or...
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. >>> chris christie apologetic. i'm sorry coming as 1,000 pages of new evidence from this case becomes public this morning. >> good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. there could be more stunning revelations today for chris christie and the political scandal putting him in the center of the political spotlight. he says he's embarrassed and humiliated and sorry for what he claims happened without his knowledge. he's now fired a top aid and asked an adviser to give up a job for their roles in a shutdown of traffic on the very busy george washington bridge during last year' gubernatorial campaign. apparently it was political payback against a mayor who wouldn't endorse their boss. documents are expected to be released today. a source says the fbi now looking into what happened to see if federal law was violated. even though christie apologized, one person connected with the shutdown is not talking. joe johns begins our coverage. >> i come out here to apologize.
. >>> chris christie apologetic. i'm sorry coming as 1,000 pages of new evidence from this case becomes public this morning. >> good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. there could be more stunning revelations today for chris christie and the political scandal putting him in the center of the political spotlight. he says he's embarrassed and humiliated and sorry for what he claims happened without his knowledge. he's...
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he was appointed to that job by chris christie. david samson was furious and outspoken about that april 2011 debacle, and he lambasted the executive director of the port authority for having caused that traffic jam on that bridge 2 1/2 years ago. when the port authority caused this even bigger traffic jam for four straight days, the same chairman, david samson, didn't say beep. no public comment on the issue. no apology. no telling the press it was unthinkable, nothing. not a word. why is that? in contrast to the outer bridge backup in 2011 where david samson raked the director over the coals for public in that backup, here's what we know about what david samson did about the backup this past september in ft. lee. he e-mailed the vice chairman of the port authority after an article about the backup came out in the "wall street journal." david samson's complaint was the executive director of the port authority had talked about it. the article, "confirms evidence of pat foye being the leak, stirring up trouble." "in this case, he's p
he was appointed to that job by chris christie. david samson was furious and outspoken about that april 2011 debacle, and he lambasted the executive director of the port authority for having caused that traffic jam on that bridge 2 1/2 years ago. when the port authority caused this even bigger traffic jam for four straight days, the same chairman, david samson, didn't say beep. no public comment on the issue. no apology. no telling the press it was unthinkable, nothing. not a word. why is that?...
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and what happens to chris christie. the subpoena authority of that committee that has been so critical to breaking this story open, the subpoena authority of that committee is about to expire on tuesday. unless the new speaker of the assembly agrees to extend. it's his decision and his decision alone. governor christie was asked about that at his press conference. >> moving forward, speaker-elect indicated yesterday that the assembly's investigation in this would continue. do you believe that he assemblyman wisniewski and other folks in lecture -- >> listen, i think they have every right to do what they are doing given what was revealed yesterday. you know, i'm certainly not going to question that. in terms of their right to conduct an investigation. i think given what was revealed yesterday, i was shocked by it. i assume they were, too. and i have a good relationship be the incoming speaker. and i'll work with him in every way that i possibly can to make sure we put this matter to rest. so certainly am not going to que
and what happens to chris christie. the subpoena authority of that committee that has been so critical to breaking this story open, the subpoena authority of that committee is about to expire on tuesday. unless the new speaker of the assembly agrees to extend. it's his decision and his decision alone. governor christie was asked about that at his press conference. >> moving forward, speaker-elect indicated yesterday that the assembly's investigation in this would continue. do you believe...
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the same chris christie appointee, he is the same chris christie political appointee who gave the order to close those lanes on the bridge. he's the man who gave specific instructions to bridge officials to not warrant local police, and not warrant town of fort lee about what was about to hit them. other e-mails that have been made public show that the port authority knew they were advised explicitly that shutting down those lanes on the bridge would cause the whole town of fort lee to be gridlocked in a backlog of hundreds of stuck cars. they did it anyway. that is explicitly why they did it. that wasn't a bug, that was a feature, that's what they were going for. we now know that because partially redacted e-mails and text message transcripts were published today. those transcripts and e-mails show that governor christie's appointee to the port authority didn't come up with that idea on his own, it came from governor christie's office directly. boom! look, this is an e-mail from governor christie's office, deputy chief of staff telling david wildstein at the port authority, "time for s
the same chris christie appointee, he is the same chris christie political appointee who gave the order to close those lanes on the bridge. he's the man who gave specific instructions to bridge officials to not warrant local police, and not warrant town of fort lee about what was about to hit them. other e-mails that have been made public show that the port authority knew they were advised explicitly that shutting down those lanes on the bridge would cause the whole town of fort lee to be...
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this one hurt chris christie. his idled e idle got in on it. ♪ man i got to take a leak but i can't i'm stuck in governor chris christie ft. lee's traffic jam ♪ . [announcer] a healthy dog is a playful dog. give him the calorie-smart nutrition of beneful healthy weight. with wholesome rice,real chicken,soy, and accents of vitamin rich veggies... plus a taste he loves. beneful healthy weight...from purina. ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen entrées. now in freezers. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. i like her. >>> the president just wrapped up his first big political trip of the new year. he traveled to north carolina. a manufacturing hub hit hard by the industry's decline. the state has lost almost half of its manufacturing jobs since the turn of the century. greater than the loss experienced by any other neighboring state. today marks a strategic return. >> this has to be a y
this one hurt chris christie. his idled e idle got in on it. ♪ man i got to take a leak but i can't i'm stuck in governor chris christie ft. lee's traffic jam ♪ . [announcer] a healthy dog is a playful dog. give him the calorie-smart nutrition of beneful healthy weight. with wholesome rice,real chicken,soy, and accents of vitamin rich veggies... plus a taste he loves. beneful healthy weight...from purina. ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen entrées. now in freezers. her long day of...
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>> that was an announcement speech. >> chris christie is running on the theme i can do it. >> chris christie emerged from last night's election as the front runner from the 2016 republican nomination. he got there thanks, in no small part to hurricane sandy. but don't take our word for it. >> my pledge to you tonight is i will govern with the spirit of sandy [ applause ] >> reporter: the spirit of sandy that christie evoked so many times last night is one thing, but the facts of sandy recovery are something else entirely. new jersey received billions of dollars in federal aid to rebuild and 1.8 billion of that came from the u.s. department of housing and urban development to get people back in their homes. to get that money, christie promised 60% of the funds would be reserved for low to moderate income households. right now, it appears chris christie is breaking that promise. of course, we don't know for sure. >> fair share housing center and advocacy group for affordable housing says they're as frustrating. they sued the state for the administration's failure to present the most bake docum
>> that was an announcement speech. >> chris christie is running on the theme i can do it. >> chris christie emerged from last night's election as the front runner from the 2016 republican nomination. he got there thanks, in no small part to hurricane sandy. but don't take our word for it. >> my pledge to you tonight is i will govern with the spirit of sandy [ applause ] >> reporter: the spirit of sandy that christie evoked so many times last night is one thing,...
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they were so mad at chris christie about this. senate democrats made chris christie's first nominee to replace justice wallace, they made her wait until somebody else's seat came up on the court then they would consider her for that one, but not justice wallace's. chris christie nominated a man named phil quan. senate democrats said no. chris christie nominated a man named bruce harris for the court, senate democrats said no. senate democrats were so mad about what christie did to take john harris off the supreme court when he was up for renomination that they would not let anyone through. it's been a big political crisis in new jersey. senate democrats rejected every one of those christie nominees. one after the other. then when another of the justices on the supreme court, a republican came up for renomination just like john harris had, and the senate democrats signaled that they were going to give her a whale of a time at her renomination hearing, chris christie just flipped out. he had enough. he pulled that justice off the su
they were so mad at chris christie about this. senate democrats made chris christie's first nominee to replace justice wallace, they made her wait until somebody else's seat came up on the court then they would consider her for that one, but not justice wallace's. chris christie nominated a man named phil quan. senate democrats said no. chris christie nominated a man named bruce harris for the court, senate democrats said no. senate democrats were so mad about what christie did to take john...
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group of pro chris christie democrats in the legislature. the expectation before this week, before all the bombshells this week was that that speaker was not going to renew the subpoena authority for the state legislature. >> but now? >> well, now there is no choice. that's going to happen. >> the national democratic party were to assassinate those people if they didn't do it. >> more than that, it's not the state assembly anymore. now you from the u.s. attorney sniffing around, the commerce committee. this has gotten bigger in the last few days. >> let's go to what michael isikoff pointed out, the john dean. i grew up during watergate. i got to tell i, it follows a certain pattern. the president of the united states, in that case, nixon, would try to set it up the first thing i knew about this i heard from john dean and then i operated in this certain way, setting it up just like christie did yesterday, picking a date like december something when i quizzed my staff and then moved forward and said i'm clean until then and then after then bec
group of pro chris christie democrats in the legislature. the expectation before this week, before all the bombshells this week was that that speaker was not going to renew the subpoena authority for the state legislature. >> but now? >> well, now there is no choice. that's going to happen. >> the national democratic party were to assassinate those people if they didn't do it. >> more than that, it's not the state assembly anymore. now you from the u.s. attorney sniffing...
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does it smell like chris christie? do you smell the fact that there is somebody going to testify like a john dean in a couple of weeks? i'm betting and hoping for bridget kelly to talk about what it really was like working for big guy and what the orders were and the signals were and the atmosphere was. >> right. >> and that's why she had this conversation. "time for traffic problems in ft. lee", as if she had been having this conversation for months. your thoughts. >> well, i don't think they'll ever find a smoking ham, you know, to attribute to chris christie directly. i think he is too clever for that. that's not how thugs work. the whole reason that you hire someone like bridget kelly is to carry out orders like this that you don't actually give. remember when benedict was the god's rottweiler or the pope's rottweiler they called him before he got the pope job? well, she is blob's rottweiler, okay? she knows to do this without actually having to be told. it's the atmosphere. what i think is interesting that i find
does it smell like chris christie? do you smell the fact that there is somebody going to testify like a john dean in a couple of weeks? i'm betting and hoping for bridget kelly to talk about what it really was like working for big guy and what the orders were and the signals were and the atmosphere was. >> right. >> and that's why she had this conversation. "time for traffic problems in ft. lee", as if she had been having this conversation for months. your thoughts....
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was chris christie's mentor and chris christie would probably have no career in politics if he didn't show up as a 16-year-old in tom cane's house in livingston, new jersey, in the 1970s to be a campaign volunteer. and even dick cody, taking on dick cody. now, dick cody is a bear knuckled practitioner of essex county politic, but he's a very popular figure in new jersey politics. and a lot of voters in new jersey have a warm regard for him for stabilizing the state after the down fall of jim mcgreevey. and you mentioned alan rosenthal is almost defied by members of both parties for his knowledge, scholarly knowledge, his fairness throughout the years in serving on commissions and boards. so it's not -- so that's the difference about chris christie and how he's operated. i think what's really interesting, i think, it's deliberate. i think he's tried to send this message that, i am not to be crossed with. i am not to be fooled with, and i think it's had a very -- and he's used that very effectively. >> charlie, i have to ask you, you wrote today the firings of two top staffers, yesterda
was chris christie's mentor and chris christie would probably have no career in politics if he didn't show up as a 16-year-old in tom cane's house in livingston, new jersey, in the 1970s to be a campaign volunteer. and even dick cody, taking on dick cody. now, dick cody is a bear knuckled practitioner of essex county politic, but he's a very popular figure in new jersey politics. and a lot of voters in new jersey have a warm regard for him for stabilizing the state after the down fall of jim...
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. >>> presidential hopeful chris christie tries to skid into the bridge. in his news conference than he probably has his whole political career. i'm jake tapper. he said he's embarrassed, humiliated, but not a bully. governor christie apologizing but saying he did not know anything about an ark orchestrated traffic jam in new jersey. >>> the world lead. what a day for mea culpa. dennis rodman saying that he's sorry for the cnn interview seen around the world. you see, everybody, it's okay, he was just drunk. >>> and the pop culture lead. are fans of the critically revialed insane clown posse really a gang? good afternoon, everybody. we begin today with politics lead. chris christie expected any minute now to offer his apologies to the community and the mayor in person after doing it on their tvs earlier in the day. it would not be an exaggeration to call this the most crucial day in chris christie's day. they got a look at text messages and e-mails that ties one of his top aide and a port authority scandal that linked them to a traffic scandal which may ha
. >>> presidential hopeful chris christie tries to skid into the bridge. in his news conference than he probably has his whole political career. i'm jake tapper. he said he's embarrassed, humiliated, but not a bully. governor christie apologizing but saying he did not know anything about an ark orchestrated traffic jam in new jersey. >>> the world lead. what a day for mea culpa. dennis rodman saying that he's sorry for the cnn interview seen around the world. you see,...
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her first lawyer was very close to chris christie and chris christie world. after a week of representing bridget kelly, he decided he was off the case. she's no longer represented by him. she's represented by one of the top defense attorneys in new jersey now. originally it was about let's see if we can protect ourself without doing anymore damage to chris christie. now it is a "i want to save myself" move. >> a larger point people should keep in mind is the wheels of justice grind slowly. what today indicates is that this story is not going away, not for a long time. once it gets enmeshed in this legal machinery, it will dog chris christie for many months to come. >> this will force the hand of others involved in this legally. according to "the new york times," david wildstein is saying governor christie knew about the lane closures and he can prove it. i want to play a clip of chris christie talking about wildstein in his january 9th press conference. here it is. >> and how do i feel about david now? listen, what i read yesterday makes me angry. that's the
her first lawyer was very close to chris christie and chris christie world. after a week of representing bridget kelly, he decided he was off the case. she's no longer represented by him. she's represented by one of the top defense attorneys in new jersey now. originally it was about let's see if we can protect ourself without doing anymore damage to chris christie. now it is a "i want to save myself" move. >> a larger point people should keep in mind is the wheels of justice...
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>> chris christie's political obituary is being written, chris christie, himself, doesn't seem to understand quite the magnitude of this scandal. >> i'm enormously flattered that folks would talk to me in their party as someone who they think could be a candidate for president. i'm absolutely nowhere near beginning that consideration process. >> that was today. today. during the press conference christie convened to try to explain the breathtaking political payback scheme that was apparently engineered from inside his own administration. it is this context with a massive abuse of power scandal exploding around him that chris christie says he is, gosh, flattered. chris christie is still convinced republicans think he might be their guy in 2016. joining me now, political consultant -- publisher of the federalist. senior fellow at the heartland institute. ben, i get the sense, i've been very interested to watch conservatives not rally around christie. usually nothing makes conservatives rally around someone faster than when the liberal media has their cross hairs on him. that has not been the c
>> chris christie's political obituary is being written, chris christie, himself, doesn't seem to understand quite the magnitude of this scandal. >> i'm enormously flattered that folks would talk to me in their party as someone who they think could be a candidate for president. i'm absolutely nowhere near beginning that consideration process. >> that was today. today. during the press conference christie convened to try to explain the breathtaking political payback scheme that...
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christie when chris christie was 25 points ahead in the polls. >> that's the thing. amy, let me bring you in here. it seems so utterly pointless. he didn't need to do this. it seems so petty and plays right to the claims against chris christie over the years, he's a bit of a bully. whether he knew or not, if the staff are behaving like this, that in itself is outrageous, isn't it? >> exactly. it's not only vindictive, politically it's stupid. how did these folks think that fort lee residents were going to be blaming their mayor and not the governor for sitting in traffic for three to four hours and a governor not interceding on their behalf. that doesn't even make sense politically. to ryan's point, chris christie i think can survive this. but that depends on if the e-mail and texting traffic doesn't lead directly to him. clearly bridget needs to be fired. i think her next job will be for kim jong-un because she has very petty tendencies that don't belong in government. >> are we getting too excited about politics? when you remember george washington bridge is the bu
christie when chris christie was 25 points ahead in the polls. >> that's the thing. amy, let me bring you in here. it seems so utterly pointless. he didn't need to do this. it seems so petty and plays right to the claims against chris christie over the years, he's a bit of a bully. whether he knew or not, if the staff are behaving like this, that in itself is outrageous, isn't it? >> exactly. it's not only vindictive, politically it's stupid. how did these folks think that fort lee...
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and that's what chris christie showed. he stood there for 111 minutes in an open dialogue with the press. now only if barack obama and hillary clinton would give us 11 seconds of that would we find out some things we want to find out about obamacare, benghazi, the irs. >> go ahead, joy, i don't know what he is talking about. president obama, whatever you may think about him, but he does hold press conferences. he holds long ones. i don't know what he is talking about. that's a fact. >> and reince priebus isn't exactly the most effective political operative in the world. his rebranding of the republican party isn't going so well. but i think what he is trying to do there is a version of what chris christie did in that endless press conference. it's sort of obfuscation. it's throwing everything but the kitchen sink and trying to distract. i think part of the audience for that really is the media, and trying to refocus the attention of people in the political press. a lot of people have been, let's face it, pretty favorable t
and that's what chris christie showed. he stood there for 111 minutes in an open dialogue with the press. now only if barack obama and hillary clinton would give us 11 seconds of that would we find out some things we want to find out about obamacare, benghazi, the irs. >> go ahead, joy, i don't know what he is talking about. president obama, whatever you may think about him, but he does hold press conferences. he holds long ones. i don't know what he is talking about. that's a fact....